Japanese are yet again aghast at the results of surveys demonstrating marriage in Japan is rather less monogamous than might be suspected.

A survey of 500 Japanese housewives found 14.8% freely admitted they they had sex with someone other than their husband whilst married.

Quizzed as to how many partners they had, most admitted to having had many – 60.8% had “2-5,” followed by 36.5% with “1″ and 2.7% with “6-10.”

A marriage writer familiar with such matters comments that “2-5 is the most common number we see here, so it would seem once you’ve done it once the hurdle to taking further partners really lowers. Also, a lot of people refer to this as ‘extra-marital romance’ rather than ‘adultery,’ lessening the sense of guilt.”

Such extramarital trysts were generally long lasting – 48.6% reporting their longest affair lasted over 3 years, whilst 20.3% had ones lasting 1-6 months, 13.5% 1-3 years, 6.8% 6-12 months and only 10.8% under a month.

The writer remarks that “such affairs tend to last a long time as a way of preventing the family from collapsing. And with cell phones, adultery is easier than ever.”

The survey also found no correlation between adulterous liaisons and the absence of sex in the marriage itself – so called “sexless” marriages being extremely common in Japan, a nation which generally comes in quite low in national comparisons of actual sexual activity.

Japan’s menfolk are in no position to criticise, however – according to a similar survey published by the Monthly Charger, only 44.8% of men reported they had “never” cheated on their wives – whilst 20.4% had ‘only’ had sex with prostitutes, another 20.4% only having cheated, and the remaining 14.4% having enjoyed both prostitution and infidelity.

2ch is apparently full of experts on the topic as well:

“Housewives with kids meet a lot of people so I suppose this helps.”

“First they get people to start calling casual prostitution ‘compensated dating,’ next adultery is ‘extramarital romance’ – when will these idiot women be satisfied?”

“Why are people so keen to dissuade single men from marrying with these kinds of findings?”

“They want to destroy Japan!”

“This is just some Korean survey designed to make Japan’s women look loose!”

“The figures seem a bit low really, I’d expect another 20% holding out on the survey.”

“1 in 7 is excessively low, what a bunch of liars!”

“I’d have thought 60-70% – if you limit it to wives who aren’t hideous.”

“When women do it, it’s extramarital romance. When men do it, it’s cheating and infidelity…”

“The surveyers are a bit simple for thinking women would answer this truthfully.”

“Today’s housewives are the enko generation so I doubt these figures will stay so low.”

“Wives in sexless marriages give some hot sex with all that pent up lust. Shame about the deterioration from childbirth though.”

“I don’t even have a boyfriend, how am I going to get in on this…”

“Get your kit off!”

“The way the original article is written is almost an endorsement of women’s right to cheat.”

“They really do seem intent on beautifying this…”

“When the mass media trot out random surveys like this, I fail to see how they are really any credible than the dross people spew onto 2ch.”

“And yet married men who use prostitutes are completely tolerated. Are you in any position to criticise women? This is just sexism.”

“The proportion of Japanese men who are unfaithful is probably triple this figure.”

“It must be 90% if you include prostitution.”

“In Arab nations they stone adulterous women to death, Japan could learn a lot from them!”

“Enjoy all those STDs.”

“So their husbands are just considered ATMs. Kind of like all those men who think sex with prostitutes doesn’t count as cheating on their wives and girlfriends?”

In a society where women only care about money and men only get married because their family(and society) pressure them into it, is it really surprising that that so many end up cheating on their spouses?

Japan social structure is degrading and if this keeps up, Japan may no longer be a country. The next generation of Japanese will suffer from broken homes, lose values, and other negative issues. Its unity is at stake.

Yes they should go back to the past and just hack each other to death. Its not that bad, most of the people cheating should not have gotten married and that is the truth. The are not the type that would not cheat now then or in the future.

i think social services is the thing that fuck Japanese people so hard. Newer generations abusing the right and services what they were made on the thought of keeping people being supported to be as productive before they could find another job.

You're also presuming that YOU know everything about the rest of the world because of what you read on Sankaku Complex and the rest of the web when you say that "he thinks he knows something about the US trying to figure out identity from behind a monitor." Are you a fucking hypocrite or something?

If there's anyone more childish than others on this planet, it's you Americans. You're all big-bodied 12-year-olds who think they can do anything they want in other countries and expect no repercussions. That goes for your "asking for it" comment too--if that's your mentality on most topics, if not everything, then don't be surprised to be hated by other countries.

You 'Murica and anti American stereotyping ignorant hordes are all the same. Maybe if you get some higher levels of education in you maybe your stagnant piece of meat up inside your heads you pathetically call brains will actually be worth something.

@7:03
"Typical anti 'murican mentality?" Hello sir, are you some kind of expert on this subject?

What's up with all this 'boy' shit? Are you some kind of American south hick?

I find it fascinating that you believe your American 'bad ass' and disrespectful attitude towards other nations makes you look cool, while everyone else sees it as one of the major reason why they hate your fat, arrogant and ignorant people.

Us MURICANS? Ha learn to spell And to be honest There is Pro's and Con's to all countries i hate where i live "America". Its slowly going to hell I'm not saying America is bad but living there is a pain anyway anyone that judges a country that they just read about or watch is an ass you need to go live there get to know the people the places you need to experience it to get a full understanding 1 person nor 1000 people represent japan as a whole. I went to japan for 2 years as an exchange student it was rough at first with the family but now there like a second family. we went all over i have seen the good and the bad in japan and i still like it there and when i get enough money im going back to say hi to Da 2nd family

The fuck you think this is, a school yard bitch fest? You got a mouth on you, get it over down here and bitch in public. Remember what you just mouthed off about, and be ready to get your lips tucked in. Little fucker needs an attitude adjustment, so get over here or scream like a whore elsewhere.

Cheeky little fuck. Sankaku is apprently eating up comments so go bitch elsewhere. You will see the comment in day or two and I expect you to talk some more shit when you show up in public. Let's see that mouth of yours and how far it gets. Either put up or scram back to your hole.

From the get go, who the fuck was it that ran its mouth off and was made a bitch to begin with? You, little fucker with a mouth that you can't control.

Believe me you think you have some kind of international experience to talk shit, go work and live in five different countries like I did. You assume fuck ton thinking 'Americans don't have experience'.

Your mouth definitely started shit your ass can't hold up to now. Don't bitch out on people and expect not to get slapped around for being mouthy. America this, America that, tell me, where in America do you live and where in America have you been that you are so knowledgeable?

Who the fuck you think 'Murica was starting shit when your people's nations spend wee hours like you bitching on a porn site about America?

How old the fuck is this brat? You sure sound like some kids I remember from elementary school 30 years ago when we just got out of national history class.

Watch your lips if you don't have what it takes to mouth off in public. Otherwise, name your shit and bring that mouth of yours to somewhere everyone can see what a bitch you are for thinking you know shit.

Either put up or shut the fuck up. Let's see that mouth of yours in public or be a bitch and crawl back to your hole.

Mouth off some more and show everyone what a 'badass' you are for stirring up shit you can't finish. Funny little shit thinks he knows something about US trying to figure out identity from behind a monitor.

Always with 'fat' and other childish insults. You sucking on cock with that mouth of yours? It's real amusing to see some mouthy fools bitching off about how they think they 'know' Americans. There's a reason why they are so condescending - you are asking for it. Like stepping into a ghetto overnight with a 'Fuck me' taped to your ass.

It's strange that their fertility rate is even lower then some of the 1st world nations in the west.

Not to mention western families are actually dragging themselves back together while japanese are on at best stagnation or downward spiral just like their shit economy.

Who would really want those monkey-child faced people anyway? Their women are all flocking to foreigners to get married. I know plenty of japanese girls here, many of them decent looking, and they are all going out with non-japanese people, with increasing number of koreans and chinese taking them as well as whites, blacks and mexicans. Being fucked to pieces no doubt.

I'm pretty sure part of the reason the Japanese girls are choosing western guys over Japanese guys may lay in a westerners willingness to express all kinds of love to their girls. Also I assume a westerner makes huge efforts to be around his girl as much as possible with no assumption on how encounters are supposed to be conducted.

I can somewhat see that. I've met a few Japanese girls before and as a rule of thumb, foreign males tend to be sought after rather than Japanese ones recently. Something about Japanese men being too timid, work obsessed or running away into fantasy land. Also something to do with how outdated men see women still being common within Japanese culture. That's not to say whores and gold diggers aren't around one has said, if anything there are plenty in Japan. But because there's this endless loop of social collapse, the hole just gets deeper for them.

I've known a number of Chinese, American, British, German and Brazillian men to have Japanese wives. Hardly do I ever hear or see of Japanese men having foreign wives.